Maude

13 Women - The Renegades

That's the one. 🙂👍

There's someone in Scotland, Glasgow I think, that does them. He sells on ebay. I've only ever bought blank sheets to do my own but always had good service and have only heard good reports about his work.

Loose Fit - Happy Mondays

Queen Bitch - David Bowie Double pointer! Ah thangyoo, g'night.

Song of the Count - Count Count

1963 - New Order

Sweaty Betty - The Macc Lads

Get on with it! I'm lacing up my winklepickers as we speak.

I used to relic my Doc Martins back in the grunge days. I hated that shiny new boot look so tied them to the rear bumper of my Mini by their laces and drove round for a bit. Perfect! Would this work on an Embassy?

I couldn't be doing with that. Personally I like a band to be tight, and for me that means everyone knowing exactly where all the changes are and sticking to them. It's no good me launching into the chorus if the guitarist decides he wants to noodle on for a few more bars. He sounds like a bedroom guitarist that never learnt to play with a band, knows his shortcomings and makes excuses for them like "I play by feel", and gets angry when he's 'found out'.

Yeah it's just me being fussy, and the photos make it look worse. If I'd refinished it I'd be annoyed with myself for letting those bits go, but you can't expect that attention to detail in a cheap, mass produced bass. I doubt exchanging it for another would improve things as there'd be other bits wrong probably. I know I don't sound it, but I'm really happy with it. Most folks would never notice.

No, my bad (as the coolest kids say). It's VBT, but I meant with the blend half way between both pickups and just the neck one, at 7.5 if you will.

Right here we go then. Firstly you have to understand that I can be too fussy for my own good. It comes from a being a panel beater with a bit of pride, and badly sanded edges and misaligned parts leap out at me. Which led to my first disappointment. It came out the bag headstock first and the paint edge around the 'open book' shape isn't the best. There's also a couple of edges which aren't right, but to be fair this is a colour that will emphasise any imperfections, and it's only a £350 bass. That said, it does look lovely, I really like the colour and the body hardware looks huge, really chunky, which I like. The actual paint finish is perfectly acceptable, not amazing but as good as more expensive basses. I've only plugged it into a small amp so far but it sounds great, I really quite like the both pickups on full, slightly scooped tone it has. But the neck pickup full, bridge about halfway is great. Action is very high for my liking but that all adjustable. The frets are very thin which I also like. More to come when I've spent some time with it, but overall a very nice bass for very little money. Without flash. With flash. Bad edges. Action. Nice fretboard wood. Chunky hardware. Retro knobs Lovely colour.

I daren't look at it to sternly. 😉

All in good time young Stew, all in good time. 😉 A sneaky peaked close up.

It's so perdy! Almost a sparkle finish.

Shaun is, apparently, 1 hour away. I can also tell you that his favourite song is 'Take It Easy' by The Eagles. TAKE IT EASY!! Put your bloody foot down Shaun. Come on! 🤣🤣🤣

Well after an extensive playing and testing session with the 424 and 1024 yesterday, I can with absolute certainty say that I don't bloody know which I prefer! The 1024 should be better, but is it? The drastically different strings are the biggest problem as the tone is so different it's impossible to compare. I definitely think I prefer the reverse P of my 424, but I have the Hooky now for my reverse P hunger, so maybe that and the standard P 1024 would make a nice pair. It's a dilemma but a nice dilemma to have. Serious question that might just sway it. What do folks think about my reversing the P on the 424, have I reduced it's value or not? Even if I say so myself, it's been done nicely, routed out neatly and the scratchplate is a perfect fit, not some hack it out job, and it's all reversible if wanted. I wouldn't expect it to have added value, but as it's now non standard is it worth less?

Teenage Punks - Sultans Of Ping

It gets better, I've just had a message from DPD saying Shaun will deliver my package today. I only rang PMT late morning yesterday. Come on Shaun, where are you? I'm going to go and stand by my gate and wait. 😁

This is only semi serious as it's not really what you're after, but I've been itching to put a pair of Warman Drivetrains in a bass. https://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/product/drivetrain-quad-coil-29-87-kohm-ultra-output-pickup-4-wire-our-highest-output-dual-humbucker/

Harley Benton do a Rick-a-like using mostly Chinese (AliExpress) hardware, but with better QC and a guarantee. Can't remember what the pickups are though and whether they'll be vaguely Rickish. You're best bet is to pick up a 70's Jap faker.

Pickups, I've always said 'front and rear' are 'neck and bridge'. Strings used to confuse me when I was learning as when wearing the bass top to bottom is E to G, but in terms of pitch it's G to E. While knowing nothing about pitch, I did know which way was up, so it seemed logical that the 'top' string was the E, but it isn't.